Mr Anstruther

Also called Anstruther

A frail septuagenarian guest at Brinkley, old friend of Aunt Dahlia's late father, who offers the Good Conduct prize.

Connections

dealings

• rewards, is hit by Thos 3
• gives the Good Conduct prize^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie arrives at Brinkley Court and is greeted from the smoking-room window by old Mr Anstruther.Chapter 8, Brinkley Court, as Anstruther
2. Bertie plans to goad Thos into an outrage on himself and gets Anstruther to agree such a prank would cost twenty marks.Chapter 8, the smoking-room
3. Anstruther tells Bertie that Thos walked to the station for his Sporting Times and has earned a twenty-mark bonus.Chapter 8, Brinkley Court
4. Instead of attacking Sebastian, Thos carries him home piggy-back, to Anstruther's deep approval.Chapter 8, the terrace
5. From Bertie's window they watch Thos, enraged by Sebastian's slighting of Garbo at Jeeves's prompting, drench Anstruther with a bucket and get thrashed, losing the contest.Chapter 8, Bertie's room at Brinkley

Talked about, but not there

1. Aunt Dahlia explains that she has bet Anatole on Bonzo against Thos in Anstruther's Good Conduct contest, and Bertie vows to scupper Thos without Jeeves.Chapter 8, the Brinkley drawing-room
2. Aunt Dahlia reports Snettisham's attempt to bribe Bonzo, and the baffled Bertie agrees to wire for Jeeves.Chapter 8, Brinkley Court
3. Jeeves reveals that Thos is reformed not by greed but by love of Greta Garbo, and Bertie resigns himself to losing Anatole.Chapter 8, Bertie's room at Brinkley
4. Anatole cooks better than ever while the Snettishams gloat at dinner and Anstruther's visit runs out.Chapter 8, Brinkley Court